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A couple living at 1668 Graefenburg Rd. were in the process of moving when a small fire broke out in the back bedroom of their home last Tuesday.
County Fire Chief Mike Barnes said one of the homeowners, Eula Milburn, had been driving a friend back to his home after he helped the Milburns move their belongings.
According to Barnes, Eula Milburn’s friend recommended she check her gas fireplace before she drove to Frankfort that afternoon to visit her husband, Gary Milburn.

More Anderson County residents are refusing to be transported by ambulance against the advice of first responders, Public Safety Director Bart Powell said, although it’s been difficult to determine why.
By the end of 2013 an average of 70-80 people per month refused to go to the hospital via ambulance, Powell said, about 15-20 more patients than at the beginning of 2013.
The number of people requesting not to use an ambulance accounts for roughly 20-25 percent of total ambulance runs a month, according to data provided by Powell.

By Lisa King
Sentinel-News
Linda Armstrong, district judge of the 53rd Judicial District since 1998, announced her resignation on Feb. 10, with her last day scheduled for March 16.
Armstrong withdrew from the judicial race in the 2014 Election just before the filing deadline in January, citing health issues. She said at that time that she didn’t know if she would serve the remainder of her term, and in last Monday’s statement, she reiterated those concerns.

Smith promoted to manager
at Department of Corrections
Kentucky Department of Corrections Deputy Commissioner Kim Potter-Blair recently announced the promotion of Kristin Smith of Lawrenceburg to branch manager for the department’s re-entry and home incarceration branch, according to a news release.

From the Kentucky Press News Service
The Kentucky State Police is warning cell phone users to be aware of a new scam called “The One-Ring Scam.”
KSP spokesman Sgt. Michael Webb said scammers profit from individuals who are curious enough to return a missed call from an unknown number, and can be charged $20 for call and $9 for every additional minute.
The following is a list of area codes the BBB said is connected with the scam:
· Dominican Republic - 809
· Jamaica - 876
· British Virgin Islands - 284

Charles D. Peach, one of four suspects charged with robbing and threatening two Lawrenceburg teenagers at gunpoint last February, is scheduled to hear his charges reviewed by a jury beginning Thursday in Circuit Court.
A trial by jury is set for Feb. 27-28 starting at 9 a.m. on Thursday in Circuit Court, according to the Circuit Court docket.

Orbrey Gritton, Republican candidate for Anderson County Judge-Executive, said he plans to not only bring a listening ear to the role of judge-executive, but decades of financial experience in seeking opportunities for growth and change.
“I would like to see Anderson County grow,” Gritton said in a nearly hour-long interview with The Anderson News Monday morning. “I’ve gotten to a place in my business and financial background where I think that would make a positive influence for the county.”

Not everyone can say they received a new heart for Valentine’s Day.
Alisha Stamper, a Lawrenceburg native and Mount Eden, can.
“Everybody around here is so excited that (the surgery is) over for her because she has a chance to live many, many more years,” Alisha’s sister, Delilah Hopper of Mount Eden, said the day after Alisha’s 13 1/2 hours of open heart surgery at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. “I mean she got a heart for Valentine’s Day, what more perfect gift could you get than the gift of life.”

Broad Street is the main thoroughfare leading out of the heart of Selma, Ala. It empties into Highway 80, which leads directly to Montgomery, the state capital some 50 miles away. To exit Selma and feed into Highway 80 one must cross the Alabama River by way of the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The bridge is one of the most infamous symbols of the Civil Rights Era; a spot etched into the American story because of events that occurred there on March 7, 1965, popularly referred to as “Bloody Sunday.”

The woman charged with tying up her 3-year-old granddaughter for up to 16 hours a day was sentenced to five years prison without probation Tuesday, and may face up to five more years of prison on a separate perjury charge.
Carolyn Case, of 1024 Terri Lane, appeared in Circuit Court on Feb. 18 and was sentenced to five years prison in the Department of Corrections without the possibility of probation.